scholarly journals Eragrostis ciliaris (gophertail lovegrass).

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Angel Duenas-Lopez
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Perennial Grass ◽  
Hawaiian Islands ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Tropical America

Abstract Eragrostis ciliaris is a loose-clump-forming, annual to short-lived perennial grass, native to the Paleotropics. It is naturalized in parts of tropical America and the Pacific Islands. It is a common weed on roadsides cultivated land and disturbed sites. E. ciliaris is included in the list of weeds affecting rice crops globally. It is cited as invasive in some Pacific islands (Guam, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia), the Hawaiian Islands and in Cuba.

Tarophagus proserpina. [Distribution map].

1972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Ryukyu Islands ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Society Islands ◽  
Caroline Islands ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Tarophagus proserpina (Kirk.) (including T. p. australis Fennah) (Megamelus proserpina Kirk.) (Hemipt., Delphacidae) (Taro Leafhopper). Host Plants: Colocasia spp., Alocasia spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Caroline Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hawaii, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Niue, Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Wallis Islands.

Ferrisia virgata. [Distribution map].

1966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Mariana Islands ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Caroline Islands ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
Congo Brazzaville

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Ferrisia virgata (Ckll.) (=Ferrisiana virgata (Ckll.)) (Hemipt., Coccoidca). Host Plants: Cacao, Coffee, Citrus, Cotton, Jute, etc., polyphagous. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, China, Formosa, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaya, Pakistan, Pescadores Islands, Philippine Islands, Sabah, Sarawak, South Arabian Protectorates, Thailand, AFRICA, Angola, Cameroun, Congo (Brazzaville), Belgian Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Principé, Republic of South Africa, Rhodesia, São Tomé, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hawaii, Johnston Island, Line Islands, Mariana Islands, Marquesas Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Panua & New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Wallis Islands, NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, U.S.A., CENTRAL AMERICA and WEST INDIES, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, West Indies, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela.

scholarly journals Options and Choices in Relation to Adopting Healthy Lifestyles in the Pacific Islands Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-82
Author(s):  
Roy Smith
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Health Transition ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Significant Burden ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Lifestyle Related Diseases ◽  
Made In

The low-lying atoll states of the Pacific region, including Kiribati, Tuvalu, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, face numerous challenges as a result of climate change and the related rise in sea level. A health transition from communicable to noncommunicable lifestyle-related diseases among these communities is placing a significant burden on medical services and broader welfare provision. This article considers the broad range of both internal and external factors that influence the options available and choices made in relation to being able to maintain a healthy lifestyle in these communities.

scholarly journals Antibiotic Resistance in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: A Systematic Scoping Review

Antibiotics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Foxlee ◽  
Nicola Townell ◽  
Lachlan McIver ◽  
Colleen Lau
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Future Policy

Several studies have investigated antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries, but to date little attention has been paid to the Pacific Islands Countries and Territories (PICTs). This study aims to review the literature on antibiotic resistance (ABR) in healthcare settings in PICTs to inform further research and future policy development for the region. Following the PRISMA-ScR checklist health databases and grey literature sources were searched. Three reviewers independently screened the literature for inclusion, data was extracted using a charting tool and the results were described and synthesised. Sixty-five studies about ABR in PICTs were identified and these are primarily about New Caledonia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Ten PICTs contributed the remaining 21 studies and nine PICTs were not represented. The predominant gram-positive pathogen reported was community-acquired methicillin resistant S. aureus and the rates of resistance ranged widely (>50% to <20%). Resistance reported in gram-negative pathogens was mainly associated with healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing K. pneumoniae isolates were reported in New Caledonia (3.4%) and Fiji (22%) and carbapenem resistant A. baumannii (CR-ab) isolates in the French Territories (24.8%). ABR is a problem in the PICTs, but the epidemiology requires further characterisation. Action on strengthening surveillance in PICTs needs to be prioritised so strategies to contain ABR can be fully realised.

scholarly journals Gathering Souls: Jesuit Missions and Missionaries in Oceania (1668–1945)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-115
Author(s):  
Alexandre Coello de la Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Society Of Jesus ◽  
Missionary Work ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Taking Charge ◽  
Jesuit Missionaries

Abstract This article deals with the missionary work of the Society of Jesus in today’s Micronesia from the 17th to the 20th century. Although the Jesuit missionaries wanted to reach Japan and other Pacific islands, such as the Palau and Caroline archipelagos, the crown encouraged them to stay in the Marianas until 1769 (when the Society of Jesus was expelled from the Philippines) to evangelize the native Chamorros as well as to reinforce the Spanish presence on the fringes of the Pacific empire. In 1859, a group of Jesuit missionaries returned to the Philippines, but they never officially set foot on the Marianas during the nineteenth century. It was not until the twentieth century that they went back to Micronesia, taking charge of the mission on the Northern Marianas along with the Caroline and Marshall Islands, thus returning to one of the cradles of Jesuit martyrdom in Oceania.

The Negotiations for the Future Political Status of Micronesia (1980-1984)

1984 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 484-497
Author(s):  
Arthur John Armstrong ◽  
Howard Loomis Hills
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Free Association ◽  
The United States ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Political Status ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
New States

Fourteen years of Micronesian political status negotiations culminated in 1983 with the final signature of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Governments of Palau, the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Upon being approved in accordance with its terms and the constitutional processes of the signatory Governments, the Compact will establish bilateral relationships between the United States and the new states emerging from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Approval of these future political status arrangements will also provide the basis for termination of the Trusteeship Agreement between the United States and the United Nations Security Council. The Compact defines an international political partnership between the United States and the freely associated states that is without precise precedent in international law or U.S. domestic practice. Under the Compact, each freely associated state will enjoy control over its internal affairs and its foreign relations, including competence to enter into international agreements. Mutual security arrangements, set forth in the Compact and its separate agreements, provide for a U.S. defense umbrella during the life of free association and long-term exclusion of third-country military forces, should any or all of the freely associated states opt for independence at some future date.

Tabanidae of the Samoan Islands

1927 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eustace W. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Family ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
The Phoenix

So far no species of this family of Diptera have been described or recorded from the Samoan Islands. The acquisition of a species of Tabanus by Dr. P. A. Buxton and Mr. G. H. E. Hopkins is therefore of great interest.The Tabanidae of the Pacific Islands undoubtedly form an eastward extension of the family from Papua through Melanesia to Fiji ; various species are known from the Solomons, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, the Loyalties and Fiji, but the family is unrecorded from Tonga or islands to the eastward of Samoa. The Tabanidae thus represent a Papuo-Melanesian element in the Polynesian fauna. It might be mentioned here that two species of Tabanus, T. sidneyensis and T. nigriventris, were described by Macquart from “ Sidney Island,” which has been supposed to be Sidney Island in the Phoenix group. This locality is certainly erroneous ; most of the Diptera described as coming from there are known now to be common Australian forms and these two species are in all probability also Australian. The only other species recorded from Polynesia proper is T. insularis, Walker, described from the Sandwich Islands ; this record is also certainly wrong, since the group is not known to occur in these islands, of which the fauna has been extensively collected.

scholarly journals TOWARDS A FLORA OF NEW GUINEA: OLEACEAE. PART 1. JASMINUM, LIGUSTRUM, MYXOPYRUM AND OLEA.

REINWARDTIA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Ruth Kiew
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Far North ◽  
Coastal Species ◽  
The Pacific

KIEW, R. 2020. Towards a Flora of New Guinea: Oleaceae. Part 1. Jasminum, Ligustrum, Myxopyrum and Olea. Reinwardtia 19(1): 1‒25. ‒‒ Oleaceae in New Guinea is represented by five genera and about 32 species, namely Chionanthus (about 16 species), Jasminum (10 species), Ligustrum (3 species), Myxopyrum (2 species) and Olea (1 species). A key to genera as well as descriptions of and keys to species of Jasminum, Ligustrum, Myxopyrum and Olea are provided. Of the three Ligustrum species, L. glomeratum is widespread throughout Malesia, L. novoguineense is endemic and L. parvifolium Kiew is a new endemic species. Six species of Jasminum are endemic (J. domatiigerum, J. gilgianum, J. magnificum, J. papuasicum, J. pipolyi and J. rupestre). Jasminum turneri just reaches the northern tip of Australia; of the two species from the Pacific Islands J. simplicifolium subsp. australiense just reaches SE Papua New Guinea and J. didymum, a coastal species, reaches into Malesia as far north as E Java; J. elongatum is widespread from Asia to Australia. Neither Myxopyrum species is endemic: M. nervosum subsp. nervosum extends from Peninsular Malaysia to Indonesian New Guinea, and M. ovatum from the Philippines to the Admiralty Islands. The sole species of Olea, O. paniculata, stretches from Java to Australia and New Caledonia. 

scholarly journals The goblin spider genus Opopaea in Australia and the Pacific islands (Araneae: Oonopidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 107-338
Author(s):  
Barbara Baehr ◽  
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Mark Harvey ◽  
H.M. Smith ◽  
R. Ott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
New Synonymy

The widespread and highly diverse goblin spider genus Opopaea Simon is a pantropical genus with biodiversity hotspots in Africa, Asia and Australia. We revise the Australian and Pacific species of the genus, provide redescriptions of the Australian species O. banksi (Hickman) and the Micronesian species O. foveolata Roewer, and new records of the pantropical O. deserticola Simon and O. concolor (Blackwall), as well as O. apicalis (Simon) which is newly transferred from Epectris, after the new synonymy of Epectris with Opopaea. The following species are provisionally transferred from Epectris to Opopaea, pending investigations into their generic affinities: O. conujaingensis (Xu), new combination from China; and O. mollis (Simon), new combination from Sri Lanka. Most Pacific Islands are inhabited by the four above-mentioned species but the following 15 newly described species are most likely native to the islands: from Fiji (O. fiji), Hawaii (O. hawaii), Palau (O. palau), New Caledonia (O. amieu, O. bicolor, O. burwelli, O. calcaris, O. goloboffi, O. monteithi, O. ndoua, O. platnicki, O. raveni, O. striata, O. touho, O. tuberculata). We treat the Australian Opopaea fauna and recognise 84 species including 71 new and 13 previously described species. The new Australian species include 21 species from New South Wales (O. acuminata, O. addsae, O. bushblitz, O. gerstmeieri, O. lebretoni, O. linea (also occurs in Queensland), O. magna, O. margaretehoffmannae, O. martini, O. michaeli, O. milledgei, O. nitens, O. ottoi, O. plana, O. simplex, O. sturt, O. suelewisae, O. sylvestrella, O. tenuis, O. ursulae, O. yorki); six from Northern Territory (O. ephemera, O. fishriver, O. gilliesi, O. johardingae, O. preecei, O. wongalara); 13 from Queensland (O. ameyi, O. brisbanensis, O. broadwater, O. carnarvon, O. carteri, O. chrisconwayi, O. douglasi, O. lambkinae, O. leichhardti, O. mcleani, O. proserpine, O. stanisici, O. ulrichi); three from South Australia (O. millbrook, O. mundy, O. stevensi); and 28 from Western Australia (O. aculeata, O. aurantiaca, O. billroth, O. callani, O. cowra, O. durranti, O. exoculata, O. flava, O. fragilis, O. framenaui, O. gracilis, O. gracillima, O. harmsi, O. johannae, O. julianneae, O. marangaroo, O. millstream, O. nadineae, O. pallida, O. pannawonica, O. pilbara, O. rixi, O. robusta, O. rugosa, O. subtilis, O. triangularis, O. wheelarra, O. whim). New records are provided for O. sown Baehr. Seven area-based keys to species are provided.

scholarly journals Review: Why the Pacific status quo is no longer an option

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Francis X Hezel
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Journal Editor ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Opt Out ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
Family Land

Hezel, Father Francis X. (2015). Why the Pacific status quo is no longer an option. Pacific Journalism Review, 21(2): 195-196. Review of Idyllic No More: Pacific Island Climate, Corruption and Development Dilemmas, by Giff Johnson. Majuro, Marshall Islands: CreateSpace. 2015. 153 pp. ISBN 978-1-512235-58-6Giff Johnson’s latest work, Idyllic No More: Pacific Islands Climate, Corruption and Development Dilemmas, is a call to serious planning and more. The Marshall Islands Journal editor summons leaders to recognise that life has changed in the country and the status quo is the road to disaster. There was a time when this might not have been true—when people who wanted to kick back and live a simple island life could quietly opt out of school and retire to the family land to provide for themselves as their ancestors had done for generations in an island society that offered the resources, physical and social, to support its population.

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